Bst

/ˌbiː ˌes ˈtiː/ noun

Definition

British Summer Time; also Binary Search Tree in computer science

Etymology

acronym from British Summer Time (established 1916) or Binary Search Tree (computer science term from 1960s)

Kelly Says

BST as British Summer Time was created during WWI to save energy - the idea was that more daylight hours would mean less artificial lighting needed!

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